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W. De Backer

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Sleep HERMES: a European training project for respiratory sleep medicine

2011

The clinical characterisation and description of the obstructive sleep apnoea/hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) and related syndromes have been revealed by several epidemiological studies conducted in the late 20th and 21st centuries. These highly prevalent syndromes affect about 9% of middle-aged males and 4% of females. These syndromes have serious medical and social consequences, such as cardiovascular or metabolic diseases and even premature death. Consequently, respiratory sleep medicine has evolved and progressed rapidly within the sleep medicine field over the last decades. New diagnostic and therapeutic techniques appeared in response to an increasing number of patients and clinical interv…

Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineMalemedicine.medical_specialtyPediatricsSpecialtyPsychological interventionSettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioTraining (civil)Sleep medicineEpidemiologymedicinePulmonary MedicineHumansProgram DevelopmentSleep Apnea Obstructivebusiness.industrySleep in non-human animalsDiagnostic classificationSleep training respiratory European projectEuropeEducation Medical GraduateFamily medicineSocial consequenceEducation Medical ContinuingFemaleHuman medicineCurriculumbusiness
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Sleep HERMES: a European Core Syllabus in respiratory disorders during sleep.

2011

The clinical characterisation and description of the obstructive sleep apnoea–hypopnoea syndrome (OSAHS) and related syndromes were mainly revealed by several epidemiological studies conducted over the past fifty years. These highly prevalent syndromes affect about 9% of middle-aged men and 4% of women. These syndromes have serious medical and social consequences, such as cardiovascular or metabolic diseases, and even premature death. Consequently, respiratory sleep medicine (RSM) evolved and has progressed rapidly within the sleep medicine field over recent decades. New diagnostic and therapeutic techniques have appeared in response to an increasing number of patients and clinical interven…

Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyTeaching program; sleep disordered breathingTeaching programPsychological interventionCertificationBiologySettore MED/10 - Malattie Dell'Apparato RespiratorioSleep medicineSyllabusRespiratory Medicinesleep disordered breathingDocumentationFamily medicineEpidemiologymedicineSleep (system call)Human medicine
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GENETIC ASPECTS OF HYPERTENSION AND METABOLIC DISEASE IN THE OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEA-HYPOPNOEA SYNDROME.

2008

Considerable evidence is available in support of an independent association between obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome (OSAS) and cardiovascular disease, which is particularly strong for systemic arterial hypertension and growing for ischaemic heart disease, stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation and cardiac sudden death. The pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease in OSAS is not completely understood but likely to be multifactorial, involving a diverse range of mechanisms including sympathetic nervous system overactivity, selective activation of inflammatory molecular pathways, endothelial dysfunction, abnormal coagulation and metabolic dysregulation, the latter particularly involving in…

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